Salon du Livre… de Paris…

Talented professionals… congregate from all over the world to pay hommage to…

“The… book“…

We were at the “vernissage“… private view… of the Salon du Livre 2014… at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre… where we proudly mingled with representatives of their “métier“…

“Les hommes… de lettres“…

The “Paris Book Fair“… held every year in spring was created in 1981. Its “raison d’être” is to make the great writing talents from all over the world… accessible to the public at large…

With fifty nationalities exhibiting their books… each was celebrating their own writers… their icons…

The Argentinian delegation… the guest of honour at this year’s fair… consisted of 30 authors… and was headed by the President of Argentina… who came especially for the occasion…

We were “vraiment” mesmerised… by an outstanding key figure in Argentinian literature… one JulioCortázar… the author of “Marelle“… A tribute was being held celebrating the centenary of his birth.

His expressive face… his intensity… were…

Haunting…

Riveting…

Also to be admired… were the legendary French publishers of Proust‘s… “A la recherche du temps perdu“… Gallimard… as well as the world-renowned Hachette… along with the smaller more recent dynamic publishers… namely Odile Jacob… also Albin Michel… Fayard… were very much in evidence… representing more than 3500 international authors…

Not to mention the sea of books… “un deluge.. de livres“…

Breathtaking…

Fascinating…

How much… humanity needs to communicate…

To express their thoughts… ideas… logic… sentiment… emotions… in the form of…

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Excitement was in the air, as we embarked on our trip to London over Christmas..

Upon boarding the amazing Eurostar at the Gare du Nord in Paris, two hours and fifteen minutes later we arrived at St. Pancras station in the great city. We then jumped into the black London cab, which we adore, while the driver chatted and joked with us all the way.. “c’est normal pour les anglais”…